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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Seat Dampers
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<blockquote data-quote="Simon Dinsdale" data-source="post: 133403" data-attributes="member: 58"><p>Think about what the seat damper drums do. When they were introduced on the seres B the seat stay dampers were the only damper mechanism on the rear of the bike. When the hydraulic damper was introduced on the series C the factory kept the same seat stay and in my opinion that was a mistake as you then have a friction damper fighting against a hydraulic damper. On my Shadow I replaced the seat stay friction material with a bespoke bronze bush and so the only damper is the hydraulic one which can now operate on its own and it works great. On the Comet I'm putting together I'm thinking of trying something like PTFE which timetraveller suggests.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Simon Dinsdale, post: 133403, member: 58"] Think about what the seat damper drums do. When they were introduced on the seres B the seat stay dampers were the only damper mechanism on the rear of the bike. When the hydraulic damper was introduced on the series C the factory kept the same seat stay and in my opinion that was a mistake as you then have a friction damper fighting against a hydraulic damper. On my Shadow I replaced the seat stay friction material with a bespoke bronze bush and so the only damper is the hydraulic one which can now operate on its own and it works great. On the Comet I'm putting together I'm thinking of trying something like PTFE which timetraveller suggests. [/QUOTE]
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